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| Iraq violence: Baghdad cafe hit by deadly bomb attack | Iraq violence: Baghdad cafe hit by deadly bomb attack |
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| At least 27 people, including two children, have been killed and dozens more injured in a bomb attack on a cafe in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials have said. | At least 27 people, including two children, have been killed and dozens more injured in a bomb attack on a cafe in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials have said. |
| A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside the cafe in the west of the city, police said. | A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside the cafe in the west of the city, police said. |
| No group has said it carried out the attack. | No group has said it carried out the attack. |
| The violence comes ahead of Iraq's provincial elections on 20 April, the first in the country since 2010. | The violence comes ahead of Iraq's provincial elections on 20 April, the first in the country since 2010. |
| Emergency workers were still trying to pull out victims trapped in the rubble when part of the building collapsed, police told the Reuters news agency. | Emergency workers were still trying to pull out victims trapped in the rubble when part of the building collapsed, police told the Reuters news agency. |
| On Monday, a series of co-ordinated car bomb attacks took place across the country, claiming at least 31 lives and injuring more than 200 people. | On Monday, a series of co-ordinated car bomb attacks took place across the country, claiming at least 31 lives and injuring more than 200 people. |
| Tensions are high between Iraq's Sunni and Shia, amid claims by the Sunni Muslim communities that they are being marginalised by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shia-led government. | |
| Sunni Islamist militants linked to al-Qaeda have attempted to destabilise the government by stepping up attacks, mainly on Shia but also Sunni targets this year. | Sunni Islamist militants linked to al-Qaeda have attempted to destabilise the government by stepping up attacks, mainly on Shia but also Sunni targets this year. |
| Although violence has decreased in Iraq since the peak of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007, bombings are still common. | Although violence has decreased in Iraq since the peak of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007, bombings are still common. |